Assessment of depth and degeneration dependences of articular cartilage refractive index using optical coherence tomography in vitro

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-47

  Wang, Shu Zhe ^a   Huang, Yan Ping ^a   Wang, Qing ^a   Zheng, Yong Ping ^a,b   He, Yong Hong ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Health Technology and Informatics ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); Osteoarthritis; Refractive index; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGENASE; PROTEOGLYCAN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATELLA; REFRACTION INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASES; ELASTICITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATELLA; PROTEOGLYCANS; REFRACTOMETRY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRYPSIN; WEIGHT-BEARING;

BOVINAE;

EID: 75149198346     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: 16078438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03008200902890161     Document Type: Article

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